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Stench of death hangs over Bangladesh village
SWARANKHOLA, Bangladesh : The stench of death from bloated corpses wafts through the air at Swarankhola, a small fishing village in southern Bangladesh that bore the brunt of a deadly cyclone last week. Three days after the Cyclone Sidr swept through the Bay of Bengal with winds of 250 kms
Award for young women journalists
The Jayaraman family and the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) jointly announce the Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award for young women journalists for the year 2008. The Award had been set up in the memory of Anupama Jayaraman, a young and promising Bangalore-based journalist who passed away in January 2006. Anupama was not only […]
Reducing Violence against Women and Empowering them through ICT
Violence against women is one of society’s universally decried ills. However, to move from platitudes to action and improvement, a clear understanding of the problem is required. It is important that the extent, nature and root causes of such violence are well-documented. By analysing such information, concrete steps can be taken, both legal and charitable, […]
In Flood-Prone Bangladesh, a Future That Floats
SINGRA, Bangladesh: With most of his school under floodwaters, 6-year-old Mohamed Achan pulled his oversize tomato-red shorts up around his tiny waist, placed a tarp over his head to guard against the rain, and sprinted barefoot to the edge of his muddy village. There, he waited for his classroom to arrive in a boat. The […]
Indigenous People of the North: In the Chain of Acute Poverty
Author: A H M Abdul Hai Considering the history, 152 years is not a short time. Ups and downs, extinction or rebirth of several nations or generations-all this is possible in this period. But no changes happened in the fate of the nation in 152 years. All the changes happened only in the appearance of […]
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